Los Angeles, CA –Â New West Records will release the Drive-By Truckers’ eighth record, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark,
on January 22, 2008, featuring 19 new songs, many of which were previewed during the band’s The Dirt Underneath tour last
spring. Heralded by many critics as America’s best rock band, DBT will kick off the first leg of a new 29-city tour in
support of the album on February 11th in Anaheim, CA. A four-song Brighter Than Creation’s Dark EP will be available on
December 18th at iTunes and all other DSPs (Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, MSN/Zune). The EP consists of “Two Daughters And A Beautiful
Wife,” “3 Dimes Down,” “The Righteous Path,” and “The Purgatory Line.” Back catalog reissues of Gangstabilly; Pizza Deliverance;
Decoration Day; The Dirty South; and A Blessing and a Curse will appear February 5, 2008as Limited Edition, 180 gram vinyl records.
This is the first time most of these titles will be available on vinyl.
Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley continue to be DBT’s primary songwriters, a relationship that started over twenty-two years ago
when the two began playing together. The band’s longtime bassist, Shonna Tucker, makes her debut on Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
as the band’s third writer, contributing three of the record’s nineteen tracks. Founding member John Neff, who has frequently
guested on albums and onstage over the years, is an official member now, playing pedal steel and guitar. He and drummer Brad Morgan
round out the band’s recording and touring line up.
Legendary Muscle Shoals keyboardist Spooner Oldham, to whom the album is dedicated, lends his unmistakable classic soul sound
to the record, as he did for the band’s last tour. The album also marks the sixth time the band has worked with producer David
Barbe, whose Chase Park Transduction studio in Athens, GA was the site of last summer’s recording.
DBT recently backed R&B vocalist Bettye Lavette on her critically acclaimed, Grammy®-nominated album The Scene of The Crime.
The album is nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album and was co-produced by Patterson Hood and long time DBT producer David Barbe.
Brighter Than Creation’s Dark Track Listing
1. Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
2. 3 Dimes Down
3. The Righteous Path
4. I’m Sorry Huston
5. Perfect Timing
6. Daddy Needs A Drink
7. Self Destructive Zones
8. Bob
9. Home Field Advantage
10. The Opening Act
11. Lisa’s Birthday
12. That Man I Shot
13. The Purgatory Line
14. The Home Front
15. Checkout Time In Vegas
16. You And Your Crystal Meth
17. Goode’s Field Road
18. A Ghost To Most
19. The Monument Valley
DBT on tour:
Mon Feb 11 Anaheim    CA   HOUSE OF BLUES
Tue Feb 12Â Los Angeles CAÂ Â Â AVALON
Wed Feb 13Â San Francisco CAÂ MEZZANINE
Fri Feb 15 Portland   OR   ROSELAND
Sat Feb 16 Seattle    WA   SHOWBOX
Sun Feb 17 Seattle    WA   SHOWBOX
Tue Feb 19 Boise      ID   BIG EASY CONCERT HOUSE
Wed Feb 20 Salt Lake City UTÂ THE PALADIUM
Thu Feb 21Â Aspen COÂ Â BELLY UP
Fri Feb 22 Denver     CO   OGDEN THEATRE
Sat Feb 23 Boulder    CO   FOX THEATRE
Mon Feb 25 Omaha      NE   SLOWDOWN
Tue Feb 26 Columbia   MO   THE BLUE NOTE
Wed Feb 27 Urbana     IL   THE CANOPY CLUB
Thu Feb 28 Milwaukee  WI   PABST THEATRE
Fri Feb 29 St Louis   MO   THE PAGEANT
Sat Mar 01 Louisville KY   HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL
Fri Mar 14 Memphis    TN   MINGLEWOOD HALL
Sat Mar 15 Nashville  TN   CANNERY BALLROOM
Sun Mar 16 Newport    KY   SOUTHGATE HOUSE
Tue Mar 18 Millvale   PA   MR. SMALL’S THEATER
Wed Mar 19 Toronto    ONT  OPERA HOUSE
Thu Mar 20 Montreal   QUE  CABARET MUSIC HALL
Fri Mar 21Â Northampton MAÂ Â Â PEARL STREET
Sat Mar 22 Boston     MA   PARADISE ROCK CLUB
Tue Mar 25 New Haven  CT   TOAD’S PLACE
Wed Mar 26 New York   NY   TERMINAL 5
Thu Mar 27Â Philadelphia PAÂ Â THE FILMORE AT THE TLA
Fri Mar 28 Richmond   VA   THE NATIONAL
Sat Mar 29 Asheville  NC   THE ORANGE PEEL
The Felice Brothers support on 2/11 – 3/1
North Mississippi Allstars on 2/11 & 2/12